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A makeshift shrine stands outside the chained-and-padlocked front door of Amal's Convenience Store in honor of Mohamed "Ally" Allidina who was shot by an apparent robber at the Bacon Park store last Saturday....

He's come full circle and is heading in the right direction, thanks to an after-school program called Urban Hope. As a high school student, he was involved in the program. Now he's teaching inner-city children and helping them stay off the streets....

When Bob Ashley sees a need, he does something about it. With his own hands. Which is why I found myself standing in a stuffy warehouse bursting with medical paraphernalia last week. Feeling worried....

Many years ago, one of my childhood friends lost her husband to a sudden heart attack. They were both relatively young, the husband had been in apparent good health. For two days before the funeral, she sat beside his casket saying, again and again, "I hope you loved me."...

Can it really be 29 years since Elvis Presley died? Just last week, I was sitting at my desk checking e-mail when a news item announcing the anniversary of the rock-'n'-roll legend's death popped up on my computer screen.
I remember that hot August day all those years ago.
On Aug. 16, 1977, I was s...

Back in the day when I was preparing to start my senior year at Savannah High School (class of 1972), I remember driving my mother's Buick to a photography studio in the Victory Drive Shopping Center to pose for my yearbook photo.
I didn't own a car and didn't expect to. The reasonably priced photo ...

Imagine sitting down for a leisurely chat with your favorite author at a fabulous beach house. And suppose the book were a delicious summer read like "Savannah Breeze," by Mary Kay Andrews.
The setting came to life this week for a handful of reading enthusiasts from The Landings who call themselves ...

For the last 25 years Tony Buttimer and members of his family have run in Atlanta's Peachtree Road Race on every July Fourth. For Tony, the race is not a fitness test but rather a testament to the importance of patriotism, family and friends.
He simply enjoys going the distance, no matter what his t...